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Wills Proved in the Probate Office, Exeter, Devon, UK
1566 - Paule ALLEN, North Tawton
1625 - Henry ALLEN, North Tawton
source: "The Connecticut Magazine" edited by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller, 1898 (page 810)
1738 - John KINGDON [Will?]
Probate copies, Wills of:
1794 - James ROWE, yeoman
1797 - Richard DRAKE, cordwainer
1800 - Dorothy LUXTON,
1822 - Robert MEDLAND, butcher [copy of Will]
1861 - Sarah Louisa RADFORD, spinster
1863 - William SNELL, yeoman
1863 - William STONEMAN, yeoman
1867 - George Henry CROOTE, gent. of Crooke (North Tawton)
1873 - James PARTRIDGE, yeoman of Sandford Town (North Tawton)
Estate Duty Office Wills
1813 - John RAY
1816 - John PRIDEAUX
1819 - William HOOPER
1819 - John WENSLEY
1821 - Robert FULFORD
1822 - Charles BAMBERY
1825 - John STONEMAN
1826 - Mary BEALEY
1828 - Joanna QUICK
1832 - Thomas CLOTWORTHY
1836 - Andrew LANG
1836 - Sophia SEAWARD
1836 - Anna WILKINS
1837 - John RENDLE
1837 - Mary STONEMAN
1840 - John Luxton SEAWARD
1841 - Hugh MAY
1841 - Robert TREMBLETT
1841 - Anthony Reed WENSLEY
1844 - Martha PILE
1846 - Rowland HOOPER
1846 - William STONEMAN
1847 - Mary WILKEY
1848 - Kitty SANDERS
1849 - William DURANT
1851 - Richard DRAKE
1852 - John ELLIS
1852 - John RAY
1853 - William LETHEREN
1854 - John PARTRIDGE
- Susanna PARTRIDGE
1856 - John ASH
1856 - John BAMBERY
1856 - William EVANS
1856 - James TAVENER snr.
1856 - Mary WILKEY
1857 - James BATTERSHILL
1857 - Mary CLOTWORTHY
1857 - John RAYMONT
1848 - William DURANT, gent. (Will: limited Probate)
Death Duty Registers (National Archives): all 'of North Tawton'
Proved in the Court of Exeter - Will of:
1796 - September 20: Andrew SNELL, Yeoman (IR.26/337)
1800 - March 12: Joan BROCK, Spinster (IR.26/337)
1800 - November 15: Dorothy LUXTON, Widow (IR.26/337)
1805 - February 1: Elizabeth HOLE Spinster (IR.26/337)
1810 - March 9: Samuel DAY, Blacksmith (administration letter) (IR.26/334)
1811 - June 7: Francis DRAKE, Yeoman (administration letter) (IR.26/334)
Proved in the Court of Ely - Will of:
1806 - October 16: Robert MUDLAND, Malster (administration letter) (IR.26/333)
1803 - November 17: William LETHBRIDGE, Gardener (IR.26/333)
1801 - June 11: Richard WARE, Gentleman (IR.26/333)
Proved in the Court of Barnstaple - Will of:
1806 - April 11: Ann GARD, Singlewoman (IR.26/338)
1806 - December 13: William THORNE, Yeoman (IR.26/338)
1811 - November 30: Thomas SEAWARD, Yeoman (administration letter) (IR.26/338)
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills: The National Archives, Kew, UK
Name, Date of Probate, Reference
BAKER William, Gentleman of North Tawton
20 February 1806 - PROB.11/1438
BROCK Samuel, Gentleman of North Tawton
27 April 1809 - PROB.11/1495
BROCK John, Yeoman of North Tawton
25 August 1817 - PROB.11/1595
CHURCHILL Henry, Surgeon of North Tawton
12 January 1786 - PROB.11/1137
CLAPP Robert, Gentleman of North Tawton
23 July 1788 - PROB.11/1167
CLAPP Mary, Singlewoman of North Tawton
7 September 1805 - PROB.11/1430
COTTELL Mark, of North Tawton
25 November 1622 - PROB.11/140
DURANT William, Gentleman of North Tawton
23 December 1854 - PROB.11/2202
DURANT Elizabeth, Spinster of North Tawton
5 February 1857 - PROB.11/2246
GOSTWYCK Sir William, of North Tawton
9 June 1766 - PROB.11/919
HILL Nathaniell, Tanner of North Tawton
4 November 1654 - PROB.11/233
HILL Charity, Widow of North Tawton
24 June 1843 - PROB.11/1981
HOLE John, Yeoman of North Tawton
31 December 1630 - PROB.11/158
HOLE Richard, Gentleman of North Tawton
4 January 1800 - PROB.11/1335
HOLE Thomas, of North Tawton
1 July 1853 - PROB.11/2175
KELLAND William, Gentleman of North Tawton
22 August 1781 - PROB.11/1081
LEGG William, Surgeon of North Tawton
5 January 1796 - PROB.11/1270
LUXTON Arminell, Widow of North Tawton
6 July 1653 - PROB.11/228
MEDLAND Elizabeth, Widow of North Tawton
14 December 1814 - PROB.11/1563
MEDLAND Catharine, Wife of North Tawton
6 July 1827 - PROB.11/1728
MEDLAND William, Gentleman of North Tawton
8 February 1828 - PROB.11/1736
MERYFIELD Margarett, Widow of North Tawton
17 July 1660 - PROB.11/299
MORRIS John William, Surgeon of North Tawton
3 July 1855 - PROB.11/2216
PRIDEAUX Thomas, Gentleman of North Tawton
27 June 1801 - PROB.11/1359
PRIDEAUX Ann, Wife of North Tawton
23 July 1803 - PROB.11/1396
REGNELL Grace, Widow of North Tawton
1 July 1658 - PROB.11/279
SANDERS George Pike, Gentleman of North Tawton
9 January 1847 - PROB.11/2049
SCOTT James, Gentleman of North Tawton
23 May 1854 - PROB.11/2192
SNELL John, of North Tawton
5 May 1801 - PROB.11/1358
SOMER William, Husbandman of North Tawton
3 October 1655 - PROB.11/250
SOMMERS Mary, formerly TICKELL, Widow of North Tawton
22 July 1799 - PROB.11/1327
SKINNER Agnes, of North Tawton
27 October 1791 - PROB.11/1210
SKINNER Mary, Wife of North Tawton
26 September 1799 - PROB.11/1330
SKINNER William, Gentleman of North Tawton
12 June 1801 - PROB.11/1359
SKINNER William, Gentleman of North Tawton
24 March 1812 - PROB.11/1531
SKINNER John, Gentleman of North Tawton
11 December 1821 - PROB.11/1651
STARR Simon, Apothecary of North Tawton
9 May 1807 - PROB.11/1462
STARR Reverend John, Clerk of North Tawton
6 March 1829 - PROB.11/1753
SWEET Charles, Gentleman of North Tawton
23 December 1820 - PROB.11/1637
WREFORD Betty, Widow of North Tawton
11 November 1841 - PROB.11/1954
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